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Comment 25 of 45, added on September 14th, 2005 at 7:21 AM.
this poem is not about death, it is about love
dino from Kenya
Comment 24 of 45, added on September 13th, 2005 at 5:14 PM.
Im sorry. I know this will probably irritate some people but i feel compelled to speak. I have read all comments posted to date and 99% seem to view the work as a simile for religion and life after death. All, or most at least seem transfixed by the concept/hope that after death a weightless, massless, invisible ethereal 'image' of our physical selves will continue to exist in a state of eternal bliss, on streets paved with gold; 95% of the worlds population believe in some form of religion. Yet all recorded history is filled with war, hatred and terrorism in the name of god. 99% of all species that have existed in earths 4.5 billion year history are extinct. The universe is a very complicated ballet, yet never is it out of balance. e=mc^2. mass changes to energy, and visa versa, but the balance never fails. The atoms in our body come from exploding stars, and will return from whence it came as energy and mass continue to dance. the poem is an abstract metaphore for humanities one great gift to the the universe, adding to its whole, yet leaving its balance undisturbed.
brad from United States
Comment 23 of 45, added on September 13th, 2005 at 5:34 PM.
"Through" in the fourth from last line. . . Shouldn't it be "Though?"
steve from United States
Comment 22 of 45, added on September 13th, 2005 at 4:42 PM.
i dont think the dylan was refering to death at all. He used it as a metaphore to describe our greatest gift to nature. Love. The entire poem is defined by the line in the first stanza, "though lovers be lost, love thall not". With the rest of the poem he illuminates how the gift of love humans have bestowed upon the universe not only makes us immortal (not individually but metaphorically) but adds something unique to the universe which no power can ever take away.
brad from United States
Comment 21 of 45, added on August 19th, 2005 at 1:08 AM.
My reading was that Dylan Thomas constructed the poem to challenge the view that death is the end, but not in the sense that there is an after-life. I believe Thomas was depicting the fact that life on earth continues through a clever use of binary oppositions (i.e. "Though lovers be lost love shall not" and "Though they go mad they shall be sane") I believe that Dylan Thomas was opposed to those who glorify or romanticise death and believed it to be somewhat controlled. Please reply if you understand, agree (or disagree). Yet, I see the poem as a portrayal of Thomas's belief that no power or authority can control death, only life itself...
Rachel from Australia
Comment 20 of 45, added on June 19th, 2005 at 8:39 PM.
"...And the internet said to men,
Kneel before me and I shall give
my kingdom!!!"
...We all fell
Rudy from Mexico
Comment 19 of 45, added on June 18th, 2005 at 8:19 AM.
I'm not much of a poetry critic I'm afraid but was nonetheless moved by its potency. It seems for all the world to me that it is describing a spirit of emotional intensity (between to people?) that cannot be extinguished even by something as enduring as death. In many ways it even seems to be mocking the ostensible finallity of the concept. That was my take on it anyway.
Terry from United Kingdom
Comment 18 of 45, added on June 15th, 2005 at 6:16 PM.
Thank you Sarah, for your insightful comments. I for one wish you would continue. I don't know much about Thomas, but I recognize power when I see it, and this poem is explosive. I seems to me a bit of a companion piece to "Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night", only far more complicated. In this poem, it seems to be Dylan himself that is doing the raging. I don't get all the references and I'd be fascinated if anyone could explain more of it for me.
Ian from Canada
Comment 17 of 45, added on June 8th, 2005 at 9:22 PM.
I just smoked a lot of drugs and read this sweet poem. And Death Shall Have No Dominion took away all the boundaries thank you Dylan Thomas and rock on. I salute you
munchie mcgee
Comment 16 of 45, added on May 23rd, 2005 at 12:35 PM.
This poem is not about the christian views of death.
This poem however is about life and death. If you understand the work of Dylan you will know instantly from general knowlege he is not a religious man.
He uses religous refrences to express certain viewpoints.
Dylan Thomas' father however was highly religious but Dylan was not.
This poem is closely related with The Force That Through The Green Fuse Drives The Flower. "Heads of the characters hammer through daises..." is a quote from death Shall Have No Dominion which basically explains itself why it is related.
The tone and sounding of this poem shows Thomas' Welsh background written in the way of a 'hwyl' which is the welsh term given to a poem written in this style.
I could explain further but I don't feel the need to.
Sarah from United Kingdom
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this poem is not about death, it is about love
dino from Kenya